What are you and yours doing after Thanksgiving dinner? ABC is hoping you'll give in to another dessert: Lady Gaga and The Muppets doing a “holiday spectacular” to plug a Disney movie.

The 90-minute production is a clever bit of cross-promotion, timed to push both Gaga's new album ARTPOP (available Nov. 11) and The Muppets' forthcoming Disney movie, “Muppets Most Wanted” (out March 21, with a Gaga cameo).

Expect a duet between Gaga and Kermit the Frog, a rendition of Gaga's hit “Applause” with Muppets, and duets with Sir Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and RuPaul. Kristen Bell appears in a sketch with the Muppets and Gaga. Swedish Chef, Beaker and Animal will perform Muppet versions of holiday classics. And so the commercial season begins.

In a canned quote from the network, the kind that make one wonder how much the PR staff has to drink to keep these releases coming, Gaga was reported as saying, “I knew it just wouldn't be a complete night of laughter and memories without The Muppets! Can't wait to see the gang again, and I hope Miss Piggy's still not mad about Kermit. We're just friends!”

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